9 most polluted places in the planet.You won't belive this list.

I agree. It's a crap article. they've picked examples apparently at random and provide no evidence that these are the worst places. Air pollutants related to traffic are highest in urban areas? No ****.

You're not gagging for air? Go to the countryside, take just a moment to breathe, feel it, experience it. Then come back and tell me you're not restrained in your ability to breathe when being in London.

It's by far the worst air I've ever experienced - in Europe and even in the major Asian cities I've been to (no Russia, India or China yet, though - I do believe that it's [far] worse there).

And, yes, you have a lot of dirt, dust and worse in your nostrils after walking around in London for a few hours. Fortunately, there are vibrissae.

And, no, I'm not a tree-hugger, spiritualist or similar strange person.

I breathe fine in London

I'm generally quite a sensitive person to all sorts of things (air quality, noise, light...) and I was brought up in the countryside/a semi rural village.

I stil think people are exaggerating the difference. I'm not saying there isn't a difference at all. Some parts of London, I'm thinking Euston Road and around Kings Cross, can still be quite bad for air quality and general scruffiness (as well as noise). But much of London isn't as bad as that. I can sit in Hyde Park, or even Holland Park, quite happily. I say even Holland Park - just because it's smaller and you're closer to a main road - albeit still not the huge volume of traffic that you'll find around Hyde Park.

Even my mother, who as soon as she enters Newcastle city centre will remark on the exhaust fumes (and again, this is relatively clean Newcastle) found London to be not too bad.

The only thing that bothers me about London is noise and it's muggier during the summer nights. But again, it is large city.

Tree-hunger, perhaps not, but certainly a fantasist. I could maybe believe that the air quality is barely noticeable, but if you get "dirt" in your nostrils after walking around, there's something wrong with you that isn't down to the city.

Tbh I've never had a problem with the pollution in London, in fact I've never noticed it every time I've visited.

You mean I should stop cramming "dirt" in my nostrils?